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RECENT CREDITS

Fifty Dead Men Walking (FILM) Aug. 21, 2009

81st Annual Academy Awards (TV) Feb. 22, 2009

Elegy (FILM) Aug. 8, 2008

Transsiberian (FILM) Jul. 18, 2008

China's Stolen Children (TV) Jul. 14, 2008

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HIGHLIGHTS

2008 Co-starred with Famke Janssen and Josh Peck in "The Wackness"

2008 Co-starred opposite Penélope Cruz in "Elegy"

2007 Played an alcoholic hit man in the dark comedy "You Kill Me"

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The Expendables 2010 -Cast

Actor

Film

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 2010 -Nizam

Actor

Film

Shutter Island 2010 -Dr. Cawley

Actor

Film

Heaven Above Us

Actor

Film

Number Thirteen -Cast

Actor

Film

Duncan

Producer, Voice

Film

Gambit

Actor

Film

A Great Education -Cast

Actor

Film

A Slight Trick of the Mind -Cast

Actor

Film

The Queen of the South -Cast

Actor

Film

Untitled (Barbara Kopple/Jack Kevorkian Project) -Jack Kervorkian

Actor

Film

Will -William Shakespeare

Producer, Actor

Film

Fifty Dead Men Walking 2009 -Fergus

Actor

Film

81st Annual Academy Awards 2009 -Presenter

Actor

Elegy 2008 -David Kepesh

Actor

Film

Transsiberian 2008 -Grinko

Actor

Film

China's Stolen Children 2008

Narrator

The Wackness 2008 -Dr. Squires

Actor

Film

The Love Guru 2008 -Guru Tugginmypuddha

Actor

Film

War, Inc. 2008 -Walken/The Viceroy

Actor

Film

The Ten Commandments 2007 -Voice of Narrator

Actor

Film

The Last Legion 2007 -Ambrosinus/Merlin

Actor

Film

You Kill Me 2007 -Frank Falenczyk

Actor

Film

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies 2007 -Cast

Actor

I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal 2007 -Cast

Actor

Film

AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies 2006 -Interviewee

Actor

Lucky Number Slevin 2006 -The Rabbi

Actor

Film

Mrs. Harris 2006 -Dr. Herman Tarnower

Actor

Bloodrayne 2006 -Kagan

Actor

Film

Oliver Twist 2005 -Fagin

Actor

Film

A Sound of Thunder 2005 -Charles Hatton

Actor

Film

Suspect Zero 2004 -Benjamin O'Ryan

Actor

Film

Thunderbirds 2004 -The Hood

Actor

Film

The 9th Annual Critics' Choice Awards 2004 -Presenter

Actor

House of Sand and Fog 2003 -Colonel Massoud Amir Behrani

Actor

Film

Tuck Everlasting 2002 -Man in the Yellow Suit

Actor

Film

Spooky House 2002 -The Great Zamboni

Actor

Film

The Triumph of Love 2002 -HermocratesThe Philosopher

Actor

Film

The 74th Annual Academy Awards 2002 -Presenter

Actor

17th Annual IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards 2002 -Presenter

Actor

The 7th Annual Critics' Choice Awards 2002 -Presenter

Actor

AFI Awards 2001 2002 -Presenter

Actor

The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2001 -Presenter

Actor

A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2001 -of Narrator, of Specialist

Voice, Voice

Film

Anne Frank 2001 -Otto Frank

Actor

Islam: Empire of Faith 2001 -Narration

Narrator

Sexy Beast 2001 -Don 'Malky' Logan

Actor

Film

Parting Shots 2001 -Renzo Locatelli

Actor

Film

A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict 2000 -Narration

Narrator

Burning Sands -- The Living Sands 2000 -Narration

Narrator

Rules of Engagement 2000 -Ambassador Mourain

Actor

Film

What Planet Are You From? 2000 -Graydon

Actor

Film

A Force More Powerful 1999

Narrator

Film

Millennium: A Thousand Years of History 1999 -Narration

Narrator

Religions of the World 1999 -Narration

Narrator

The Confession 1999 -Harry Fertig

Actor

Alice in Wonderland 1999 -Major Caterpillar

Actor

The Sopranos 1999 -Himself

Actor

Luxury Lounge (2006) -Himself

Actor

TV Episode

Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment" 1998 -Magistrate Porfiry

Actor

The Tale of Sweeney Todd 1998 -Sweeney Todd

Actor

The 70th Annual Academy Awards 1998

Actor

Roman Polanski: The E! True Hollywood Story 1998 -Interviewee

Actor

Photographing Fairies 1998 -Reverend Templeton

Actor

Film

The Assignment 1997 -Amos

Actor

Film

Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997 -Julian Messenger

Actor

Nazi Hunters: Stalking Evil 1996 -Narration

Narrator

Twelfth Night 1996 -Feste

Actor

Film

Moses 1996 -Moses

Actor

Survivors of the Holocaust 1996 -Host

Actor

47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 1995 -Presenter

Actor

Species 1995 -Fitch

Actor

Film

The American Film Institute Salute to Steven Spielberg 1995

Actor

Joseph 1995 -Potiphar

Actor

Inside the Academy Awards 1995

Actor

Death and the Maiden 1994 -Roberto Miranda

Actor

Film

Schindler's List 1993 -Itzhak Stern

Actor

Film

Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993 -Bruce Pandolfini

Actor

Film

Dave 1993 -VicePresident Nance

Actor

Film

The King and I: Recording a Hollywood Dream 1993 -The King

Actor

Living Shakespeare: A Year With the RSC 1992

Actor

Sneakers 1992 -Cosmo

Actor

Film

Freddie as F.R.O.7 1992 -of Freddie the Frog

Voice

Film

Last Images of War 1992 -Narration

Narrator

Bugsy 1991 -Meyer Lansky

Actor

Film

Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold 1991

Actor

Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre: A 20th Anniversary Special 1991

Actor

The Fifth Monkey 1990 -Cunda

Actor

Film

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story 1989 -Simon Wiesenthal

Actor

Slipstream 1989 -Avatar

Actor

Film

Without A Clue 1988 -Dr John Watson

Actor

Film

Pascali's Island 1988 -Basil Pascali

Actor

Film

Testimony 1988 -Dimitri Shostakovich

Actor

Film

Silas Marner 1987 -Silas Marner

Actor

Maurice 1987 -LaskerJones

Actor

Film

Oxbridge Blues 1986

Actor

Turtle Diary 1986 -William Snow

Actor

Film

Our Finite World: India 1986 -Narration

Narrator

Harem 1985 -Selim

Actor

Film

Camille 1984 -Duval

Actor

Betrayal 1983 -Robert

Actor

Film

Gandhi 1982 -Mahatma Gandhi

Actor

Film

Fear Is the Key 1973 -Royale

Actor

Film

Coronation Street 1960 -Cast

Actor

L' Amour Necessaire -Ernesto

Actor

Film

Liberation -Narration

Narrator

Film

The Tiger and the Brahmin -Narration

Narrator

Romeo-Juliet -of Father Capulet

Voice

Film

Sleeps Six -Geoff Craven

Actor

Film

Una Vita Scellerata -Governor

Actor

Film

The Children -Martin Boyle

Actor

Film

Untitled (Louverture/Bipolar/Einstein and Robeson Project) -Albert Einstein

Actor

Film

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Highlights

2008 Co-starred with Famke Janssen and Josh Peck in "The Wackness"

2008 Co-starred opposite Penélope Cruz in "Elegy"

2007 Played an alcoholic hit man in the dark comedy "You Kill Me"

2006 Played 'The Rabbi' a crime boss after Josh Hartnett in the thriller, "Lucky Number Slevin"

2006 Played famed cardiologist Herman Tarnower who was murdered by his jilted lover, Jean Harris (Annette Bening) in the HBO movie, "Mrs. Harris"; earned Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in

2005 Cast as pickpocket kingpin Fagin in Roman Polanski's adaptation of "Oliver Twist"

2004 Cast as The Hood in "Thunderbirds," which is based on the cult British television show from the 1960s

2004 Starred opposite Aaron Eckhart in the thriller "Suspect Zero"

2003 Portrayed an Iranian immigrant, opposite Jennifer Connelly in Vadim Perelman's "House of Sand and Fog"; received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead; also earned Golden Globe, SA

2002 Cast in the family drama, "Tuck Everlasting"

2001 Played Otto Frank in the ABC miniseries "Anne Frank"; received Emmy nomination

2001 Co-starred with Fiona Shaw and Mira Sorvino in "The Triumph of Love"

2000 Had supporting role in "What Planet Are You From?"

2000 Appeared as the Yemeni ambassador in "Rules of Engagement"

2000 Delivered an acclaimed, scene-stealing turn as a British gangster in "Sexy Beast"; received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor

1999 Acted the part of Major Caterpillar in NBC's movie adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland"

1998 Portrayed the titular Demon Barber in Showtime's "The Tale of Sweeney Todd"

1998 Appeared in the NBC telefilm "Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment'" as Magistrate Porfiry

1997 Appeared as Estragon in a West End stage production of "Waiting for Godot"

1997 Delivered uninspired turn as Mossad commander Amos in Christian Duguay's "The Assignment"

1996 Played the title role in the TNT miniseries, "Moses"

1995 Cast in the Emmy Award winning TNT miniseries, "Joseph"

1994 Portrayed a physician who once tortured Sigourney Weaver in Roman Polanski's "Death and the Maiden"

1993 Hired to provide advanced mentoring for the young chess prodigy of "Searching for Bobby Fischer"

1993 Portrayed the trusted associate Itshak Stern to Liam Neeson's Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List"

1992 Delivered villainous turn as Cosmo in the high-tech thriller "Sneakers"

1991 Earned a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his role as Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky in "Bugsy"

1991 Narrated Showtime's "The Tiger and the Brahmin"

1989 Essayed the title role of "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story" (HBO)

1988 First American film, "Without a Clue" playing Dr. Watson to Michael Caine's Sherlock Holmes

1988 Acted opposite Helen Mirren in James Dearden's "Pascali's Island"

1987 Acted the part of a flaky hypnotist in James Ivory's "Maurice"

1987 Starred as Russian composer Dimitri Shostokovitch in "Testimony"

1985 Re-teamed with screenwriter Pinter (opposite Glenda Jackson) for John Irvin's "Turtle Diary"

1985 Offered outstanding turn in the title role of "Silas Marner" (broadcast in the US by Masterpiece Theatre)

1984 First TV-movie, "Camille" (CBS)

1984 Broadway debut in the one-man show "Edmund Kean"

1983 Acted in the film version of Harold Pinter's "Betrayal"

1982 Breakthrough role as Mohandas Gandhi in the Academy Award-winning film "Gandhi"

1979 Originated the role of Squeers in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Nicholas Nickleby"; unable to reprise role on Broadway due to film commitments

1977 Played Mosca in Peter Hall's production of Ben Jonson's "Volpone" for the Royal National Theatre

1975 Appeared in the BBC series, "The Love School"

1972 First small film role, "Fear is the Key"

1970 Cast in Peter Brook's acclaimed production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

1967 Became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)

1966 - 1967 Cast as Ron Jenkins on the British soap opera, "Coronation Street"

1964 Turned down by RADA, accepted into the Children's Theatre

Raised in Salford, England

Moved to the Royal Court Theater in London in the early 1970s